Dags Branch Coal Company IncMining Incidents in 2002

OPR WAS TRAMMING DOWN A HILL ON SHUTTLE CAR WHEN IT SLID SIDEWAYS HITTING RIB. OPR'S RIGHT SHOULDER HIT CANOPY POST.

EE WAS HELPING TO REPAIR SHUTTLE CAR AND WAS HOLDING UP COVER WHEN IT SLIP AND FELL ON RIGHT INDEX FINGER AND CUT TIP OF FINGER OFF.

EE WAS USING CUTTING TORCHES CUTTING HANGING ROOF BOLTS, BOLT FELL RUPURTERING PAINT CNA, IGNITING PAINT CAN BURNING EE FACE.

EE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLT, WRENCH FLEW LOOSE STRIKING EE IN HEAD.

HE WAS MOVING ROOF BOLTER ACROSS TO NEXT PLACE AND WAS MOVING MINER CABLE OVER OUT OF THE ROAD AND PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.

SUBJECT WAS PINNING TOP WHEN PIECE OF ROCK OR GLUE GOT IN HIS EYE.

SUBJECT WAS REMOVING PANEL BOARD 2480 CONTINUOUSMINER AND DROPPED IT ON HIS RT. HAND, CAUSING INJURY TO HIS THUMB.

EE WAS TRAMMING SCOOP UG WHEN HE HIT A HOLE, CAUSING IT TO THROW HIM INTO TOP CAUSING INJURY TO HIS NECK AREA.

ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP STRIKING PERSON IN THE HEAD AND NECK.

SUBJECT WAS MOVING SHUTTLE CAR CABLE, STRAINING ABDOMEN.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING BELT UP TO PIN TOGETHER. HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS OVER A PILE OF STRUCTURE.

WHILE CHANGING TIRE ON PERSONNEL CARRIER, HE LIFTED UP ON RIDE TO GET FLOOR JACK UNDER.

EE WAS BUILDING BRATTICE WHEN RIB COAL NOW OFF HITTING KNEE (RIGHT KNEE)

EE WAS TAKING FOOT SHAFT OUT OF 2810 MINER. WHILE LIFTING COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN GROIN AREA. ACCIDENT DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL 9/19/02.

PERSON WAS INJURED WHILE OPERATING ROOF BOLTER. DRILL STEEL CAME LOOSE SLAPPING PERSON'S HAND.

HE WAS INSTALLING 6' ROOF BOLTS & WHILE BENDING BOLT BACK STRAIGHT TO GO INTO HOLE HE TWISTED & PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.

PERSON WAS INJURED WHILE PULLING SMALL AMOUNT OF MINER CABLE.

WAS RUNNING MINER, A ROCK SHOT OFF MINE BOOM STRIKING OPERATOR ON THE HAND.

MEN WERE RIDING IN ON MAN TRIP AND EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING OUT OF SIDE OF MAN TRIP AND HIS SIDE RUBBBED AGAINST WATER LINE GOING UP BELT LINE AND HURT HIS RIBS ON RIGHT SIDE.

BUILDING CRIBS & A CRIB BLOCK FELL ON KNEE.

HE WAS WORKING AROUND BELTHEAD AND WAS PUTTING A TIMBER UP ON TAILPIECE AND SLIPPED ON 2"" WATER SUPPLY LINE AND FELL.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING OUT BLET IN #1 CONVEYOR. WHILE DOING SO, HE PULLED ON BELT CAUSING STRAIN IN CHEST AREA.

ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR HAD PUT HIS #1 BOLT UP AND SWUNG HIS BOLTER HEAD OVER TO GET HIS #2 BOLT WHEN HIS BOLTER HEAD OVER TO GET HIS #2 BOLT WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY LET THE DRILL POT DOWN ONHIS RIGH T FOOT.

OPERATOR WAS PULLING A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL OUT OF A HOLE AND BURNED RIGHT HAND.

EE WAS SHOVELING TAILPIECE AND WHILE DOING THIS, HIS SHOVEL GOT CAUGHT BY THE BELT, SENDING IT BACK INTO THE MOUTH AREA.

MINER WAS HELPING TO REPAIR MINER. TAKING A SHAFT BAR AND LIFTING A MOTOR INTO PLACE WHEN BAR SLIPPED AND HE FELL BACK LANDING ON A PIECE OF ROCK JUST BELOW BACK BONE.

HE WAS WORKING ON ROOF BOLTER AND BENT OVER THE MACHINE AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LOWER BACK.

DRILL STEEL FELL OUT OF HOLE STRIKING OPERATOR ON INDEX FINGER OF LEFT HAND.

EE WAS CRAWLING AROUND PINNER OVER SOME LOOSE ROCK WHEN HIS KNEE SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO TWIST IT.

REPAIRING ROOFBOLTER LIFTED BOOM JACK STRAINING BACK.

EE WAS LOADING SUPPLY.

MINER OPER. WAS COMPLAINING OF CHEST PAINS.

PERSON WAS PINNING TOP ON OFF SIDE OF ROOFBOLTER WHEN A ROCK FELL KNOCKING PERSON DOWN HIS LEG WENT UNDER DRILL POT WHILE POT WAS COMING DOWN.

PERSON WAS SETTING A TIMBER WHEN THE TIMBER TIGHTENED UP IT LET A LOOSE PIECE OF ROCK FALL STRIKING THE WORKER IN THE LEFT SHOULDER AND NECK.

LIFTING TOP STRUCTURE & INSTALLING IN BELTLINE ON BELT MOVE AND PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS SHOULDER.

LIFTING TOP STRUCTURE AND INSTALLING IN BELT LINE ON BELTMOVE AND PULLED SOMETHING IN RIGHT SHOULDER.

WAS WORKING WITH SHORT CREW AND WENT TO MOVE PUMP IN DEEPER WATER AND PULLED SOMETHING IN BACK.

MINER OPR WAS MOVING CABLE AND STEPPED ON LUMP OF COAL AND TURNED ANKLE.

BOLTING TOP WHEN THE COAL RIB ROLLED OFF AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT ELBOW.